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iPhone in NASA Ground OperationsA comprehensive review of the literature and historical background of NASA established a need for an easy-to-implement technological improvement to displaying procedures which is cost effective and risk reducing. Previous unsuccessful attempts have led this team to explore the practicality of using a mobile handheld device. The major products, inputs, resources, constraints, planning and effort required for consideration of this type of solution were outlined. After analyzing the physical, environmental, life-cycle, functional, and socio-technical requirements, a Functional Analysis was performed to describe the top-level, second-level, and third-level functions of the system requirements. In addition, the risk/value proposition of conversion to a new technology was considered and gave a blueprint for transitioning along with the tasks necessary to implement the device into the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) current infrastructure. A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) described the elemental work items of the implementation. Once the viability of this system was confirmed, a device was selected through use of technical design comparison methods including the Pugh Matrix and House of Quality. Comparison and evaluation of the Apple iPhone, Motorola Q, Blackberry, PC Notebook, and PDA revealed that the iPhone is the most suitable device for this task. This paper outlines the device design/ architecture, as well as some of the required infrastructure.
Document ID
20120000561
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Benedict, Ashley (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Byrd, Keena (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Ignacio, Lalaine (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Lagu, Amit (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Palmer, Ralph Curtis, III (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Savoy, April (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Surabattula, Deepti (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Vaitkunas, Samantha (Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
April 30, 2007
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Report/Patent Number
KSC-2007-183
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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